But I can't remember which one! Anyone know anything - stockist number, or where you can purchase them on-line? All I remember is that it was a black padded bike bag and cost about £130...
neil pryde bike bag is excellent - tough material, sturdy base with wheels, wheel bags, quality construction - £99, think it's advertised in mbr (let me just make it clear - I don't get mbr)
You could always bribe a local shop to box your bike up in a cardboard bike box (Like the ones they arrive in) A bag of doughnuts would be a suitable bribe!
ive taken bikes from usa to england and from uk-spain and back in a cardboard bike box, costs me nothing, hardest part was trying to ask for 1 from a bike shop in spain, the bikes were fine
Chris, easy way round that problem, is to fly with a large role of gaffa tape in your bag, flatten the box, keep it under the bed and whip it out at the end of the holiday.
Wiggle did (and should still) have stock of the Planet-x bag. It's great, super huge (will easily fit my big hit with super-t's), well padded and well laid out inside. I would say that it was better and tougher than the Neil Pryde bag.
The airline I'm flying to Geneva with (crossair) did say hard cases for bikes but this is a bit ridiculous as they cost around £300. Out of our group some are using cardboard boxes some bike bags, I'll be re-inforcing my planet-x bag with extra cardboard on the inside.
Funny, Lufthansa told me not to pack it at all but to let out most of the air in the tyres and shocks and turn the handle bars round. Their arguement was that if it is clear a package is valuble then their ground staff will take more care.
Which is very true, and a sensible way of doing it (if the airline will let you). The letting tyres and shocks down is not really necessary as most cargo holds are pressurized these days and for shocks bear in mind that a fox float will work with pressures of under a 100psi to around 200psi (or more?) the pressure change on a flight won't make much difference...
The crossair thing was a bit ridiculous and was just the icing on the cake as they were a bit awkward anyway (Anne knows more), unfortunately they were the cheapest direct flight to Geneva, and still expensive compared to what Cycleactive said we should expect to pay.
Crossair were a pain in the A. Usual story with different answers to questions depending on who you spoke to. I suspect even tho' they "officially" say to use hard cases it is only for insurance coverage. If they reccomend hard cases you cant complain when your bike gets squashed (well you can and I will if it does...). 2 weeks time will tell how good they are.
As regards to bike bags the only thing that I like about the features of the Neil Pryde bag over the Planet X one is the fact that it has wheels. Can't comment other than that on bags.
